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Re:Codeberg a GitHub Alternative from Europe by sva_ on Monday October 17, 2022 @12:54PM (#33236312)
> gitlab

Pretty sure GitLab is open source.

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Re:Codeberg a GitHub Alternative from Europe by TAForObvReasons on Monday October 17, 2022 @12:56PM (#33236356)
GitLab is a nuanced situation.

There is a FOSS GitLab https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss

The hosted gitlab.com instance uses EE features so parent is correct to say that the gitlab.com site is not open source.

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Re:Codeberg a GitHub Alternative from Europe by hk__2 on Monday October 17, 2022 @04:24PM (#33239072)
> The hosted gitlab.com instance uses EE features so parent is correct to say that the gitlab.com site is not open source.

It’s OSS but with proprietary parts. That’s the issue with the term "open-source": their source code is indeed open [1] but it’s not 100% free (as in freedom).

Edit: mmh apparently I’m mistaken; according to another commenter this is called "open-core" and not "open-source" [2].

[1]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab

[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33237641

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Re:Codeberg a GitHub Alternative from Europe by CameronNemo on Monday October 17, 2022 @05:57PM (#33240046)
Another term you might be looking for is "source available", meaning you can read the source code but not modify or distribute it without a license.
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Re:Codeberg a GitHub Alternative from Europe by ptman on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @01:31AM (#33243320)
Open core
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